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 | | Gold comes in dust, flakes, nuggets and slugs, with slugs this size being very desirable, indeed (the $50 gold piece of the late 1800’s was known colloquially as a “slug” as well). |
 | | John was so unhappy with the final quality of the 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon that he “declassified” it to Slug Gulch Red, slapped a tacky sticker over the label, and sold it all for $6.00 per bottle.) Then the el niño year of 1998 hit, and more than enough uncertain wine appeared. |
 | | As people started to take note of the “good red wine with the funny name,” the winery began to speak of it, tongue-in-cheek, more and more in terms of its “mediocrity.” They advertised it as “the best mediocre red wine in California,” and decided it was time to designate the different versions. |
| www.oakstone-winery.com /sluggulchred.htm (898 words) |
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